Three years ago, Kenya protested to Tanzania after Dar es Salaam burned chicks exported to Tanzania to ostensibly control any poultry diseases. This week, Uganda’s Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa wrote a protest letter to Kenya’s High Commissioner to Uganda Kiema Kilonzo, expressing the “illegal seizure” of Ugandan milk products in Kenya. The milk often used to cross into Rwanda, and sold to most parts of Uganda, competing with other products like Jessa milk, GBK Dairy and Fresh Dairy. “It is not unusual to find in our local traders selling only Ugandan milk. BEEFKenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi, belong to the EAC and their people like beef, milk and chicken.

Source: Daily Nation January 18, 2020 13:52 UTC